Plagues and Papyrus - Egyptians
ISBN: 9781923012011
Publication Date: August 2023
Author: Christine Dillon
What if life is built on the wrong foundation?
Kheti and his family have farmed papyrus along the Nile for generations. Kheti is confident the gods of Egypt and the harmony maintained by the divine Pharaoh are the sources of his prosperity. Then he watches his beloved river turn to blood, his crops fail, and his nation descend into chaos.
The Hebrew God wants his people released from slavery. When the gods remain silent and Pharaoh is powerless to stop the carnage, Kheti wrestles with which way to turn. Replant his flattened crops and cling to Egypt’s gods? Or forsake his roots to follow new friends and a new faith to a distant land?
Could there be a place in God’s family for an Egyptian who kept God's people as slaves?
This was the 8th book I've read by Christine Dillon and I have yet to be disappointed. This is another page turner, unputdownable. How would you or I react to a series of ten plagues, escalating in seriousness and in the threat to life? Would we stubbornly hold onto our belief system when a former prince returns to the country and says we've got it wrong? Would we listen, change our lifestyle, listen to the slaves we've worked into the ground,or expect our own gods to rescue us ,when they've failed time and again? Only one problem with this book, it's finished... More please.
- Lesley Mackwell
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To take a well-known story (like Moses and the 10 Plagues of Egypt) and invent a fictional tale around it while remaining faithful to biblical events and doing it entertainingly takes exceptional talent. Christine Dillion is such a talented author... Plagues and Papyrus is a brilliant example of what historical fiction should be, you will love the characters and enjoy the story.
- Tom Dallis
Read slowly over a week, and thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the characters. Favourite quote is: 'But he’d seen with his own eye, and now trusted in his heart, that Elohim was holding those he loved safe in his all-powerful hands and Elohim would continue to provide all they needed. Every single step of the way.’
- Susan